The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-22

WAsHESGToN. April H.-Twensy or
: more pages Of the quarterly report %
, the Chief ri The Bureau of Sisiistics fjust
! 0ut) are devoted 10 the Consumption %
; distilled and malt liquors and winea,"
and estimates made BY recognized au-
tborities are given upon various features
;. Of this subject. IN round numbers. the
consumption OF distilIed sDirits. dOmes-
tic and imported. in this country. Il
shown 70 have increased from 43O00OOO
gallons In 181O 10 72 600 600 In 1886: or
\ wines, from 10000 gallons to 23.oOO.-
700. and OF matt liquors, from % 10000
} to 643.O 0OO0. The consumption Der
capita during the same period decreased
as regards distilled spirits from about
two and half gallons TO about one and
. quarter gallons. aud increased as re-
CARDS wines from twenty-nine one hum
dredths 10 ihirty-sight one-hundredths
gaIIons, and malt liquor from less than
one and half TO more than eleven gal
Ions.
I An elaborate statement made bv r. n.
Barrett. editor OF the New York Grocer,
BY request OF the Chief Of the Bureau, Il
given, which sets forth. among other
things, that the present average expen-
diture in this country per annum for
malt and spirituous liquors and becr at
retail is $3.50. .00Oc COO. The drinking
population IL estimated to be lin 1856
14.9254l7, making an average expendi-
ture per capita, 4l5 80. Mr.. Barrett
shows by tables covering The five years
from 1882 to 1886. inclusive. that ths
consumption Of spirits IL decreasing.
while that Of beer IL increasing, and
there 10 . reduced use Of wine as . bev-
f.xIW -
"the consumption Of coffee has risen
from eight and two -tenths pounds per
capita 10 nine and eleven -hundredfhs
pounds. DO not these facts show that
the milder etimulants are driving out
their fiery competitors2 And Is IL not
due 10 the growing agitation Of the tenn
perance question ~
Mr.. Barrett says the wholesale cost Of
the liquors for which the retailers re-
ceive 100000 0OU is not more than $780,
100000. He makes brief calculation
Of the costs Of liquors as compared with
that Of food, clothing and shelter. roecb-
ing the conclusion, that the American
people expend from e12 to SIT for the
necessaries named to every dollar paid
out for liquor.
james A. Webb, OF New York, fur
nishes statement 10 the effect that ouly
10 per cent. Of the distilled spirits con-
sumed In this country are used for me-
dicinaI aud manufacturing purposes, -
per cent. being used ~ . leverage.
From table covering the FIVE years end
ing with 1886 II Is learned that the con-
sumption Of distilled spiriss per capisa
has steadily increased in France from
ninety-fpur hundredtbs gslIons 70 one
and thirty-one hundredths: that it has
varied IN this country between one and
forty-six one. bundredths Ia 1883 and one
and twenty -four hundredfhs xsllons in
1884 and 1885; that the United King-
dom consumes little more than gallon
per capita and that the consumption ia
Germany has decreased from one and
fhirsy-two-hundredth in 1ssl to one
and fourteen -hundrsdths IN 1855 France,
during the same period. increased her
wine consumption from eighteen and
one half to nearly thirty-seven gsIlonr.
while this country aud the United King
dom, beginning with Ies@ than half gsl-
lon per head, show slight falling oH.
In the matter Of beer consumption du-
ring this period. the United States in
creased her average from little less than
len 10 little more than eleven gallons;
The United Kingdom held her own nt
about thirty-three gallons. and Germany
did the same It about twenty three gal-
lOus.